Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. WarnerByers, A. L. (Andrew L.)
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Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner
Byers, A. L. (Andrew L.)
Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) -- History; Warner, D. S. (Daniel Sidney), 1842-1895
One dear minister took us aside at the Alvan (Ill.) camp-meeting
last summer and inquired of our views. We told him, of course,
that we believed in no church but the body of Christ, etc. He
conceded about all we contended for, but, unwilling to abandon his
elevated plank, he humbly besought us not to be so hard on them.
Poor fellow! We think all had better climb down from these shaky
concerns; for God has announced her fall. "Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and
the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and
hateful bird. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not of her plagues" (Rev. 18:2,4). "Then let us
hail every sign of real unity as from the Lord, and not be afraid
when the temporary shafting of denominationalism begins to give
way." This is good advice, but does Brother Doty walk in it? Does
he hail as from the Lord those whom the Spirit of God has led out
of those cut-off parties, which divide the people of God, and who
stand in the "one fold" and body of Christ? or has he not done his
best to represent them as teaching "no church," "no organization,"
and as building another sect, etc.? Is it consistent to admit
that sects are without a warrant in God's Word, and that they are
the "result of sin in the body of believers," and express a hope
for the unity of God's people, and then join with all the popular
holiness journals in opposing those who have abandoned all those
unscriptural schisms? Is it consistent to say, "We don't want an
ism gospel," and yet adhere to and stuff the Harvester full of the
gospel of Wesleyan Methodist ism?
[Illustration: Church building in which D. S. Warner and five others
severed their relation with the Northern Indiana Eldership in 1881.
It is located at Beaver Dam, three miles north of Akron, Ind.]
[Illustration: Group of Individuals, former members of the Northern
Indiana Eldership, who with Brother Warner severed their connection
with the Northern Indiana Eldership in 1881. At top, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Krause; center, D. Leininger; bottom, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ballenger]
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